Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 29 June 2021
590. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if it will be ensured that the CAP Strategic Plan is brought before the Houses of the Oireachtas for approval and amendment prior to being submitted to the European Commission; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34364/21]
View answerI have, with my officials, engaged extensively with the key stakeholders on the future of the CAP and the development of the CAP Strategic Plan (CSP) 2023-2027. This engagement will continue, in particular through the Stakeholder Consultative Committee, which has been a constructive and crucial body in shaping the current CAP, which comprises representatives of the main farm bodies, NGOs, industry, and academia, as well as the relevant Government departments and agencies. The Oireachtas has also received regular updates on the CAP negotiations at official and Ministerial level.
The development of the CSP involves a number of stages, including SWOT analysis, needs assessment, intervention design, financial allocations, target setting (including monitoring) and governance systems. The draft CSP will also be subject to an ex-ante evaluation, Strategic Environmental Assessment and Appropriate Assessment.
The Department will be conducting a statutory and public consultation on the draft CSP and the draft Environmental Report later this year. It is also my intention to write to the Chair of the Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and the Marine to formally seek its views.
I will take the outcome of the consultation process and the views of the Oireachtas Committee into consideration before seeking the approval of Government and submitting Ireland's CAP Strategic Plan 2023-2027 to the Commission by the deadline of 1st January 2022.
